Numerical study on convective heat transfer of AL2O 3/water, CuO/water and Cu/water nanofluids through square cross-section duct in laminar flow

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Heris, S Zeinali ^a   Kazemi Beydokhti, A ^a   Noie, S H ^a   Rezvan, S ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Dispersion model; Nanofluid; Numerical solution; Square cross section duct

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858656399     PISSN: 19942060     EISSN: 1997003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2012.11015398     Document Type: Article

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